Motivation Quotes
When you need a push, these words deliver. The fuel for getting started and keeping going.
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"Motivation comes from within, not from without."Henry Fielding
"Retirement is a refuge, but action is the remedy."Daniel Defoe
"The world rewards those who act with purpose."Daniel Defoe
"I have turned over various ideas in my mind. Now I am convinced that the chief business of my life must be to open women's eyes."Mary Wollstonecraft
"The greatest discovery of my age is that a person can alter his life by altering his attitude."Laurence Sterne
"We are shaped not by what happens, but by what we choose to do about it."Ann Radcliffe
"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: action."Stendhal
"The only way to greatness is through service to others."Stendhal
"The danger of the present age is apathy and indifference."Frances Burney
"Ambition without conscience is the pathway to ruin."Frances Burney
"Ambition is the child of pride, and the parent of misery."Henry Fielding
"Ambition should be made of sterner stuff."Jonathan Swift
"Motivation without action is merely pleasant daydreaming."Ann Radcliffe
"Motivation is the spark; discipline is the fuel that sustains the flame."Ann Radcliffe
"I would rather be attacked than unnoticed."Samuel Johnson
"To achieve great things, one must first believe oneself capable."Frances Burney
"Motivation springing from conscience outweighs all external rewards."Henry Fielding
"Motivation sustained by principle outlasts motivation by mere reward."Henry Fielding
"Fear and doubt are the chains that bind us to mediocrity."Daniel Defoe
"The future is purchased by the present."Daniel Defoe
"Passion is the fuel of all great achievements."Eliza Haywood
"Motivation comes from within, not without."Eliza Haywood
"There are few things in this world more dangerous than enthusiasts."Jonathan Swift
"Vain is that ambition which doth only study self."Aphra Behn
"Motivation comes from purpose."Aphra Behn
"Motivation is the fuel of achievement."Aphra Behn
"The beginning is always today."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"The world rewards those bold enough to ignore its judgments and follow their convictions."Eliza Haywood
"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."Samuel Johnson
"The best moment to do anything is now."Samuel Johnson